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Welcome to the vine-roofed terrace overlooking Petra's main street.
Here I conduct my social activities at AncientWorlds and at Rome. You can leave me a message on my personal message board or take a look at my friends list. Soon you will be able to check my calendar of events as well.
The terrace was constructed from the following elements:
The background is Ian Browning's reconstruciton of Petra's main street, based on Bachmann's plan. Ian Browning, Petra (Parkridge, NJ: Noyes, 1973) p. 142
The vine trellis is from Pompeii. The pillars are from the upper section of the Khazenh Faroun, a monument in Petra. The mosaic floor is from Al-Mukhayat, Jordan.
Do you recoginze everyone here? If not, Malichus, my Chamberlian, will perform the introductions while I pour the wine.
Welcome and peace to you, most highly esteemed guest. Please allow me to perform the introductions. Beginning at the left, with the seated Roman lady, and proceding to the right, we have:
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) Moses Trampling Pharoah's Crown, Louvre, Paris.
Guiseppe Bartolomeo Chairi (1654-1727) Venturia and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus Not to Take Up Arms Against Rome, Burghley House, England.
Dosso Dossi (c. 1490-1542) Melissa, Borghese Gallery, Rome.
Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Burghley House, England.
Pinturicchio (c. 1454-1513) Adoration of the Magi, Sala dei Misteri della Fide, Vatican.
Anonymous (Byzantine - 548) Entrance of Bishop Maximius with Justinian, San Vitale, Ravenna.
Anonymous (Byzantine - 1316-21) Virgins from the Tribe of David, Kariye Camii, Constantinople/Istanbul.
And I, your humble servant Malichus, am from:
Nicolas Poussin, The Rape of the Sabine Women, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Note: The figures in the party scene have been edited or modified by Shaquilat.
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